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The sticky by Dan on here reiterates the £200 limit for selling items.
Unfortunately, it is now a closed thread and Dan's pm space is too full for him to receive any more messages (presumably due to responses to the post mentioned).
I seriously think it is time the limit was increased and have never heard anyone actually agree it should stay at £200 (only a few sad acts getting upset when people exceed it) although plenty of people have asked for it to be raised in the past with no response or reason given why not.
I would suggest to Dan that he tries to gauge opinion of forumites but we can't send him a message.
Posting a reply to this could be a way of doing so.
Maybe someone more skilled than me could put a poll up with a choice of something like - keep the limit at £200, raise it to £500 or £1000, which would at least give some feedback.
Oh and that's £100 based on my charge out rate ;-)
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However, ... I still have an e-mail from Keith (pre-Dan era ) that a new limit was being considered - in 2006!
Surely, ample time for consideration?
Ah Keith, every day is like a day in the lounge for him on Nuts and Loaded!
Anyway they must have considered it and thought they'd leave it where it was.
It's being considered again....so fingers crossed
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I dont know why they dont have an ebay type thingy, then the limit would be irrelevant and everybody would get a good price and no moans about why did he get it and not me!
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Hurray So what would a £500 limit do for us? well it would allow someone to sell a newish small outboard or a sail in good condition. Perhaps a chart plotter or folding prop, without having to resort to flea bay and 50% of the population say "yes" (you could run a country with that level of support).
Am I missing the point here?
do we buy these magazines adn if so we are the customers?
then surely Ym Pbo and the like should take notice of there customers
Am I missing the point here?
do we buy these magazines adn if so we are the customers?
then surely Ym Pbo and the like should take notice of there customers
I think they would probably like their customers to pay for an advert in one of their magazines.
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Am I missing the point here?
do we buy these magazines adn if so we are the customers?
then surely Ym Pbo and the like should take notice of there customers
We pay for the magazines, for those who buy them, the forums are a value added freebee, to us. IPC make money out of them from the advertisers, not us. However the more people who look at them the more advertising they can sell. Thats basic e-commerce.
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As a prospective buyer of items on this forum, and not particularly a seller, I would like to express an opinion against any limit. Why in the world? If I am in the market for, say, a used watermaker, and if someone has one to sell, why should it be forbidden to post it here?
Having just sold my Laser for some what over the Forum limit on another free site widely frequented by the boating fraternity I suspect the present limit is way too low. Now I would not and I suspect very few others would look in any of the magaines which operat under thsi banner for the sorts of things offered for sale here so I do not see allowing a significantly higher limit as a loss to the publishers, rather as some one else suggested a higher limit would encourage more items for sale which in turn would increase footfall (metaphorically)which would help their advertising on the site.
PS some of the advert fail to get past the work net police I wonder what they are for.
Agreed, although Dan posted saying they are looking at it, how long does it take to look and make a decision? It not rocket science! (sorry I hate that expression too!)
Get the limit up please guys at IPC house!
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Agreed, although Dan posted saying they are looking at it, how long does it take to look and make a decision? It not rocket science! (sorry I hate that expression too!)
Get the limit up please guys at IPC house!
Don't hold your breath - Dan has said bugger all. Snooks said they might look at a new limit.
In fact, not seen or heard anything from Dan since he had a fit and placed that £200 stickie at the top.
PM-ed him sveral times re this thread - not a dickie - PM not even read.
Though that could be because it's from me
Don't hold your breath - Dan has said bugger all. Snooks said they might look at a new limit.
In fact, not seen or heard anything from Dan since he had a fit and placed that £200 stickie at the top.
PM-ed him sveral times re this thread - not a dickie - PM not even read.
Though that could be because it's from me
I get the impression Dan's losing interest in this subject (& the YBW Forum as a whole).
I get the impression Dan's losing interest in this subject (& the YBW Forum as a whole).
Would be nice to know either way.
Dan has been incredibly busy recently with the launch of the new website, and teething troubles that we've been having at this end, so for the past couple of months he's been working on a different floor and the past few weeks the demands of the editorial teams have taken up all of his time. I know cos I've been giving him grief, cos the site isn't performing the way it should
Only today has he returned to within shouting distance...Poor Dan
He also lost his colleague Louise, who left for bigger and better things, and while we have a replacement, their learning curve has been a steep one, so hopefully normal service will be resumed shortly.
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Poll - For Sale Forum £200 limit
) that a new limit was being considered - in 2006! 
So what would a £500 limit do for us? well it would allow someone to sell a newish small outboard or a sail in good condition. Perhaps a chart plotter or folding prop, without having to resort to flea bay and 50% of the population say "yes" (you could run a country with that level of support).
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